Locomotive bumper



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. W. E. WOODARD LOCOMOTIVE BUMPER Filed April 20. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented June 3, I924.

eena WILLIAM E. WOODARD, 0F FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK.

LOCOMOTIVE BUMPER.

Application filed April 20, 1923. Serial No. 633,345.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WOOD- ARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forest Hills, in the county of Queens and 5 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotive Bumpers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to locomotive bumpers and it has for one of its principal objects the provision of a bumper which will serve to deflect heavy objects such as trucks from the track so as to minimize the use and the mass of which is sufficient to derail the locomotive and train.

How this difficulty is overcome and the advantages herein noted obtained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation of the front of a locomotive illustrating the application of my improved bumper and pilot mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the bumper and pilot, drawn on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of Fig. 8.

The bumper, generally considered, comprises a member A, the forward face 7 of which inclines rearwardly on each side from the center, i. e., the forwardface is of flattened V-sha-pe so that when an obstacle is struck the bumper will serve to deflect the obstacle from off the track and not throw it downward u on the track.

In the pre erred embodiment of my invention the bumper is a metal casting of boxlike construction, i. e., having a top wall 8, a bottom wall 9; a front wall 10, and a rear wall 11, the front or nose of the bumper being provided (in some cases integrally):

with a pocket 12 to receive the shank of the coupling 13 and the respective Wall portions being suitably aperturd to receive the pin 14:. The box is stiffened by internal webs 15.

The pilot B is also preferably made integral with the bumper A and consists of a front wall 16 which is also of corresponding \/-shape and is slotted and reinforced with webs 17, as is the case with the bumper box. The bottom edges of the pilot are built up by the plates 18 to meet the requirements as to height of pilot above the rails.

It will also be observed that the contour of the front of the bumper and the pilot is substantially as uniform as it is possible to make it so that the twowill cooperate to better effect in deflecting any obstacles.

What I claim is;

1. In combination, an angular locomotive bumper and an angular pilot, connecting and having their respective faces so disposed with reference to one another that a substantially uninterrupted forward face is presented.

2. In combination, an angular locomotive bumper and an angular pilot, connecting and having their respective faces so disposed with reference to one another that a substantially uninterrupted forward face is presented, the bumper and pilot being cast interal. Q 3: A locomdtive bumper of hollow construction having spaced top and bottom plate substantially coextensive with the bumper and a V-shaped front therebetween, together with reinforcing means.

4. A locomotive bumper adapted to be attached in the usual place and manner comprising a top plate presenting a ti-shaped forward edge, a bottom plate presenting a V-shaped forward edge, a V-shaped substantially vertically disposed front wall connecting with the top and bottom plates at their forward edges, and reinforcing means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereinto signed my name.

WILLIAM E. WOODARD. 

